He said: “They clapped us out when we won the league and that took a lot of dignity. I am sure we will repay the favour.
“There is a good rivalry between the two clubs. We have a lot of respect for them.
“They won the league and fair play to them. We are going to come back next year stronger.
“Sometimes in defeat you have to be graceful and say that, over the course, maybe United did deserve it.
“No one is going to feel sorry for us because we have a big squad and now we will pick ourselves up.
“We will crack on, we still have the FA Cup to go for. It just makes me love Chelsea even more.”